Lunchbox Ideas for Your Picky Eater

Are you really fed up of packing lunch for your kid only to later on find that it has hardly been eaten while emptying his/ her school bag? Don’t lose hope as here are some of the most innovative, creative & wholesome lunchbox ideas that are guaranteed to be wolfed down by even the pickiest of eaters.

Spinach-Turkey Rolls

• Start by spreading a generous amount of hummus (homemade or readymade) over multigrain tortillas.
• Now layering fine slices of turkey & some baby spinach over them.
• Rolling them up & cutting them.
• Ideally served alongside cubed cheeses & multi-fruit salads.

Egg Delight Sandwiches

• Start by mixing duo mashed egg post-hard-boiling, half teaspoon dejon mustard, one teaspoon mayonnaise or yoghurts plus pepper & salt according to taste.
• Serving these lunchbox ideas on brown or multigrain breads.
• Best when served along with orange slices & pretzels.

Veggie Pasta

• Mixing six ounces well-done triple-coloured spiral pasta, half tablespoon softened butter, half cup softened peas, two-third cup quarters of cherry tomato, pepper plus salt in accordance with taste.
• This would be serving four and ideally dished out alongside carrot sticks & apple sauce.

Jelly & Butter Pitas

• In case your kid is a die-hard fan of peanut butter & jelly, however, peanut butter isn’t permitted in his/ her school then here is a non-peanut substitute.
• Use cream cheeses or butter as a better alternative & spreading over multigrain pita breads.
• Topping off with your child’s preferred jelly or in case the child is fond of apple pies then how about cinnamon-flavoured apple-butter.
• Best served with hard boil egg or for those kids loathing the yellow of egg could be served duo serves of white portion of the egg as a substitute.
• These pitas could also be served alongside plain yoghurt or slices of grape & cherry tomato.

Heart-shaped Turkey Sandwiches

• Those humble turkey sandwiches just got more adorable by shaping them into hearts or star or any shape one wants.
• Start off by spreading a fine layering sauce of cranberries on duo slices of multigrain bread.
• Now layering duo slivers of roast turkey breasts & slices of cheese.
• Using cookie cutters for cutting the sandwiches to form shapes of hearts.
• Best served alongside carrot wedges with mayo dip and applesauce.

D.I.Y. Sandwiches

• Allow the young chef to unleash his/ her creativity & cooking skill sets by arranging the constituents of a sandwich.
• Self-assembling his/ her meals during lunch might even encourage him/ her in eating it.
• Start by slicing lunch meats & cheeses into smallish square pieces.
• Serving with multigrain cracker pieces & some mustard or mayo.
• Serving these sandwiches with pears or apples sliced with a dash of squeezed lemon so that they don’t turn brown or serving them with readymade cinnamon-flavoured pita chip.

French Toast & Egg

• This conventional first meal of the day would even work great as a power-filled lunch.
• These could be made in advance the previous night.
• Addition of puree of squashes or sweet potato to the eggs plus milk mix for added punch of b-carotene.
• Cooking the French toast & sprinkling on some snow sugar & cinnamon.
• Allow cooling down & then slicing them into stick-like forms for uncomplicated eating.
• These can be best served with a hard boil egg and those kids who detest egg yellow could instead be offered duo serves of egg white as a substitute and half cup fruits salads.

Tuna Sandwiches and Fruity Rolls

• Tuna sandwiches are ideal for a lunch meal and how about making a fruity roll for your child.
• Start by spreading blueberries or strawberries flavouring cream cheeses over multigrain tortillas and then topping with fresh or diced blueberry or strawberry & then rolling the tortillas.
• Best served along with hummus, diced cucumber and celery stick.

Baby Pizza

• These could be prepared the night-before for saving time at dawn.
• The English muffins are to be halved and then layered with marinara sauce.
• In case your kid is not objecting then adding fine-chop spinach or broccoli to the marinara.
• Sprinkling grated mozzarella cheese as topping on it and baking for 350 degree for five minutes. Allow cooling & then wrapping up.
• Ideally served with ½ cup blueberry or choco-milk.

Chicken Salad Sandwich

• Diced grape & cube pieces of apple proffer the sweet taste to wholesome chicken salad.
• For nut-lovers include crush almonds or cashew for added punch.
• Serving in mini containers or multigrain crackers or flat bread.

Multicoloured Wheelies

• A vibrant coloured, ultra-wholesome lunch option.
• Spreading some white beans sauce over tortillas, layering with lettuce, slices of tomatoes, cheeses, fine slices of cucumbers, avocadoes & other preferred veggies.
• Rolling up the tortillas, slicing into an inch pieces for making the wheelies.

Snacks are great lunchbox ideas too

• Tossing some post-school snack foods into the lunchboxes of kids is also a fine idea.
• Keep the pantry stocked with yummy, wholesome munchies that would keep the kids satisfied till dinner.

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